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y Being Fifty -Six Valuable Receipts for the 
Manufacture of Useful Articles^ 



WESTON'S 
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READY WAYS TO MAKE MONEY, 

OR, A COMPETENCE SECURED TOR 

ONB DOLLAR! 



WHICH COMMAND A 



Quick Sale and Large Profits 



Sent to all parts of the United States and the Can- 

adas, upon th* receipt of One Dollar 

by Mail, p/'c-^^atV/, directed to 

J. WESTOW, Lowell, Mass. 




PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR. 
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Entorort according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by 

J. WESTON, 

1u the Clerk's Office of the IHstrict Court of the District of MaRsachuatttfc' 



WESTON'S 

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READY WAYS TO MAKE MONEY, 

OR, A COMPETENCE SECURED EOR 

ONE DOLLAR! 

Being Fifty -Six Valuable Receipts for the 
Manufacture of Useful Articles^ 

WHICH COMMAND A 

Quick Sale and Large Profits! 



Sent to all parts of the Umted States and the Cwi- 
adas, upon the receipt of One Dollar 
^,^ by Mail, pre-paid^ directed to 

J, WESTON, Lowell, Mass, 



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PREFACE. 



The following Receipts I have prepared for the ben- 
efit of Young Men out of employment ; and also for 
those who wish to change their business for something 
lighter and more lucrative. I have put the price o 
the Receipts at ONE DOLLAR, so that they may 
come within the reach of all ; and I am satisfied that 
any young man, of common business tact, can select 
receipts from the number by which he can make a pro- 
fitable business ; and I am also satisfied that any per- 
son who follows the Manufacture and Sale of any one 
of these articles cannot fail to make money. 

J. WESTON. 

Lowell, Mass., June, 1853. 



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I— FIRE-PROOF AND WATER-PROOF 
PAINT. 
Take a sufficient quantity of water for use— add as 
much potash, as can be dissolved therein. When the 
water will dissolve no more potash, stir into the solu- 
tion first, a quantity of flour paste of the consistency 
of painters' size ; second, a sufficiency of pure clay to 
render it of the consistency of cream. Apply with a 
painter's brush. 

2.— WATER-PROOF AND FIRE-PROOF CE- 
MENT, FOR ROOFS OF HOUSES, §c. 
Slack stone lime in a large tub or barrel with boil- 
ing water, covering the tub or barrel to keep in the 
steam. When thus slacked, pass 6 quarts through a 
fine sieve, it will then be in a state of fine flour. To 
this add 1 quart rock salt and 1 gallon of water. Boil 
the mixture and skim it clean. To every 5 gallons of 
this skimmed mixture add 1 lb. of allum and 1-2 lb. of 
copperas ; by slow degrees add 3-4 lb. potash and 4 
quarts fine sand or wood ashes sifted. Both the above 
will admit of any coloring you please. 
It looks better than paint and is as durable as slate. 

3.— CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. 
Wash the wound in warm vinegar, or tepid water, 
and when well dried, put a few drops of muriatic acid 
on the bitten part. 

4:— SURE CURE FOR DYSENTERY. 
Take new churned butter, before it is washed or 
salted ; clarify over the fire and skim off all the milky 
particles ; add 1-4 brandy, to preserve it, and loaf 
sugar to sweeten ; let the patient (if an adult,) take 
two table-spoonfuls twice a day. The above i^ a sure 
cure, and it is sold at a great profit. 



5.— TO SOFTEN HARD WATER. 
A half oz. quick lime dipped in 9 quarts of wa- 
ter, and the clear solution put into a barrel of hard 
water ; the whole will be soft water as it settles. 

e.—HARD CEMENT FOR SEAMS. 

Take equal quantities of white lead and white sand, 

and as much oil as will raake it into the consistency of 

putty. Apply this to the seams in the roofs of houses, 

&c. It will, in a few weeks, become as hard as stone. 

7.— INFALLIBLE CURE FOR COUGHS ^ COLDS. 
Take 4 parts molasses. 3 do. castor oil, 1 do. para- 
goric, 1 do. spirits camphor ; mix them well. Take a 
table-spoonful often as occasion may require. The 
above has cured many supposed to be in a consumption. 

8.— FIRE KINDLERS, 
Take 1 qt. tar, 3 lbs. rosin ; melt them ; when some- 
what cool, mix as much saw dust, with a little charcoal 
as can be worked in ; spread out while hot on a board ; 
when cold break up in small lumps, about the size of 
hickory nuts. They will easily ignite with a match 
and burn with a strong blaze long enough to burn any 
wood fit to burn. The above sells readily in all our 
large towns and cities at a great profit. 

9.— CURE FOR ERYSIPELAS. 
A simple poultice of cranberries pounded fine and 
applied in a raw state. 

10.— CURE FOR A COUGH. 
A strong decoction of the leaves of the pine, sweet- 
ened with loaf sugar. Take a wine glass warm on 
going to bed, and half an hour before eating, three 
times.a day. The above is sold as a cough syrup, and 
is doing wonderful cures, and it is sold at a great profit 
to the manufacturers. 



11.— ROWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL. 

Sweet oil, 8 ozs., cantharides, 60 drops, oil of rose, 
10 drops, oil of bergamot and oil of lemon, each 60, 
alkanet sufficient to color it. The above receipt is 
worth $500 to any one who wishes to manufacture. 

12.— BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN INK POWDER. 

Blue galls, 3 ozs., gum aribic, 1-2 oz., sulphate of 
iron, 4 ozs., all powdered and well mixed together. 

13.— GLUE FOR CEMENTING PAPER, SILK 
AND LEATHER. 

Take of isinglass and parchment size, each 1 oz., 
sugar candy and gum tragacarth, each 2 dms. ; add to 
them 1 oz. water, and boil the whole together till the 
mixture appears (when cold,) of the consistency of 
glue ; then pour it into any form you please. If this 
glue be wet with the tongue and rubbed on the edges 
of paper, silk or fine leather that are to be cemented, 
they will, on being laid together, pressed lightly and 
Buffered to dry, be as firmly united as other parts of 
the substance. 

U.— BENGAL LIGHTS. 

Take of nitrate of potassa, (salt petre) 8 parts, sub- 
limed sulphur, 4 parts, and antimony, 1 part, and let 
them be well mixed in powder, and beat firmly into a 
stout iron cup, and set on fire, and it will give an in- 
tense luminous heat, and if a little camphor be added 
it is still more brilliant. Such lights are made use of 
for communicating at a great distance by sea at night. 

15.— CURE FOR RATTLESNAKE BITES, AND 
OTHER POISONOUS CREATURES. 

Indigo, 4 dms., gum camphor, 8 dms,, alcohol, 8 ozs., 
mixed and kept in close bottles. Apply to the wound 
and the cure is soon complete. 



U.— COUGH SYRUP. 

Put 1 qt. hoarhound to 1 qt. water, and boil itdo-wn 
to a pint ; add 2 or 3 sticks liquorish and a table-spoon- 
ful of essence lemon. Take a table-spoonful of the 
Syrup three times a day, or as often as the cough may 
be troublesome. 

The above receipt has been sold for $100. Several 
firms are making much money by its manufacture. 

{17.— CURE FOR THE BITE OF A MAD DOG. 
Take of the root of allacompane 11-2 ozs., cut it 
fine, and boil it in 1 pt. new milk, down to 1-2 pt. 
Take this every other morning, fasting, (eating no 
food until 4 o'clock P. M.,) from 1 to 2 ozs. at a time, 
for two weeks. The above has cured many individuals. 

IS.— TO DES TROY CO CKR OA CHES, RA TS AND 
MICE. 
Take a sixpenny loaf of bread, the staler the better, 
reduce it to a crumb, then in a pot of water put two 
spoonsful cayenne pepper, one do. pulverized annis 
seed, half a drachm of saltpetre, the same of white 
lead, and a wine glass of extract of hops. Now throw 
in your crumbs of bread ; digest for six hours in a 
moderate heat ; strain through a cloth ; add to the 
liquor thirty drops of the tincture of quassia, and let it 
stand until next day, and then bottle it. Some lumps 
of sugar saturated with this liquor will be a speedy 
cure for cockroaches. Some pieces of bread saturated 
with it, will destroy all the rats and mice. The above 
is extensively manufactured and sold at great profit. 

19.— IRON RUST CEMENT. 
Take one hundred parts iron filings, pounded and 
sifted, add one part salammonia. When it is applied 
give it sufficiency of water to make it of a paste con- 
sistency. This cement is used for filling up seams of 
iron. It will sell wherever such is needed. 



20.— CURE FOR CHAPPED HANDS, LIPS, ^c. 

Take 1 lb. honey and 1 lb. salsoda, and 2 qts. wa- 
ter. Apply when necessary. 

21.— DYSENTERY AND BLOODY FLUX, 

Take 2 table spoonfuls elixir salutis, 1 do. castor 
oil, 1 do. loaf sugar ; add to this four table spoonsful 
boiling water : skim and drink hot. 

The above is a dose for an adult; for a child six to 
seven, half the quantity ; one year old 1-4 the quan- 
tity. 

When this is manufactured for sale, the water is ad- 
ded when used. This receipt cost $10. 

22.— WATER PROOF FOR LEATHER. 
Take linseed oil 1 pt., yellow wax and white tur- 
pentine each 2 ozs., Burgundy pitch 1 oz., melt and 
color with lampblack. 

2S.—BEST SHAVING SOAP EVER INVENTED. 

Take 4 1-2 lbs. white bar soap, 1 qt. rain water, 1 
gill beef's gall, and 1 gill spirits of turpentine; cut the 
soap thin and boil 5 minutes ; stir while boiling, and 
color with 1-2 oz. Vermillion; scent with oil of rose 
or almonds. Fifty cents worth of materials will make 
six dollars worth of soap. 

24:.— WART AND CORN SALVE. 

Take the extract of Belladoine 4 drachms, per oxide 
of magnesia 3 ozs., potash 5 lbs.; pulverize the pQtash 
in an iron kettle, and let it stand in the open air 24 
hours, then mix the whole together. 

Shave the corn with a sharp knife, and then apply 
for ten minutes the salve ; wash it off and soak it in 
sweet oil. This is the article sold about the country, 
and on the corners of the streets in our cities for 25 
and 50 cts a drachm phiafi" 



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25.— WRITING INK— BLACK. 
Take 1 lb. logwood, 1 gall, soft water ; boil slightly 
or simmer in an iron vessel one hour ; dissolve in a 
little hot water 24 grains bychnomate of potash, 12 do. 
prussiate of potash, and stir it into the liquid while 
over the fire ; take it off and strain it through a fine 
cloth. This ink can be made for 5 cents per gallon, 
and it sells at from $1 to $3. It is of a bright jet 
black, flows beautifully from the pen, and it is so in- 
dellible that oxalic acid will not remove it from paper. — 
No other ink will stand the test of oxalic acid; hence 
its value for merchants, banks, &c. 

26.— INDELLIBLE INK. 

One inch of the stick of the nitrate of silver, dissolv- 
ed in a little water, and stirred into each gallon of the 
above makes a firsi-rate indellible ink for cloth. 

27.— BLUE INK. 
Take soft Prussian blue and oxalic acid in equal 
parts, powder them finely, and then add soft water to 
bring it to a thin paste. Let stand a few days, then 
add soft water to make the desired shade of color. 

2%.— BEST RED INK. 
Take best carmine (nakarot) 2 grains, rain water 
1-2 oz., water of ammonia 20 drops. This is a beau- 
tiful ruling ink for ledgers and bank purposes. 

2^.— YELLOW INK. 

A little alum added to saffron make a beautiful yel- 
low ink. 

SO.— INDIA INK. 

Dissolve 6 parts of isinglass in 12 of water, and 1 
part of Spanish liquorice in two of water, mixing them 
when warm and incorporating gradually with them 1 
part of the best ivory black, stirring well ; when the 
mixture is complete, it is to be heated in a water bath 
until so much of the water is evaporated as to leave a 
paste which may be moulded into any required form. 



Sl.—INDELLIBLE INK OF VARIOUS COLORS, 

Take 1-2 oz. vermillion, and 1 drachm of steel, pow- 
der them very fine in linseed oil to the thickness re- 
quired. 

Remark. This ink can be used with type, hair pen- 
cil or pen ; it resists the action of acids or alkalies. — 
The color may be varied by using differing coloring 
articles. 

32.— OIL PASTE BLACKING. 

Take oil of vitrol 2 ozs., tanner's oil 5 ozs., ivory 
black 1 lb., molasses 5 ozs. ; mix the oil and vitrol to- 
gether, and let it stand a day, and then add the ivory 
black and molasses, and stir it well together to a thick 
paste. This is a superior blacking, will not injure the 
leather, and gives universal satisfaction. 

33.— THE GENUINE HOT DROPS. 

Take 3-4 lb. of fine gum myrrh, 1 oz. best African 
pepper, 1-4 lb, golden seal ; digest the whole in 1 gall, 
best cherrj'- spirits for a month. 

The above is the genuine and may be taken by the 
teaspoonful for a dose, in a little sweetened water. It 
is very valuable in coughs, colds, pain in the stomach, 
bowels, &c. 

3i.—HAIR OIL. 

Take 1 gall, cologne spirits, 90 per cent, proofs add 
of the oil of lemon, orange and burgamot each a spoon- 
ful, add also extract of vanilla 40 drops, shake until 
the oils are cut, then add a pint and a half of soft water. 

35.— COLOGNE. 

Take 1 gall, cologne spirits 90 per cent., 1 qt. best 
castor oil, or as much as the spirits will cut, add 1 oz. 
oil cinnamon, or as much as will bring it to the desired 
flavor. 



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ZQ.— LIQUID FOR MAKING THE HAIR CURL, 
AND CHANGING A SANDY TO A PLEAS- 
ING COLOR. 
Take 2 ozs. of scrapings of lead, 1-4 oz. letharge of 
gold, 1 draclim of camphor; boil the whole for half an 
hour in 1 pt. soft water; when cold pour off the liquid 
and add to it 1 drachm sugar lead, and 1 drachm rose- 
mary flowers ; boil these together, strain off the liquid, 
when it is fit for use. 

Z7.— WATER FOR THICKENING THE HAIR 
AND TO PREVENT ITS FALLING OFF. ' 

Take 4 oz. of rosemary, 1 lb. grape vine tendrils, 1 
oz. honey ; boil these half an hour in 2 quarts of new 
milk, and the same quantity of soft water, then filter 
carefully through a sponge, and flavor with escence of 
burgamot. Add enough cologne spirits to keep it from 
growing sour. 

ZS.— FRENCH CHEMICAL SOAP. 
Take 5 lbs. castile soap, or white bar soap, cut fine, 
1 pt. alcohol, 1 do. soft water, 2 ozs. aquafortis, 1-2 oz. 
lamp black, 2 ozs. saltpetre, 3 ozs. potash, 1 oz. cam- 
phor, and 4 ozs. cinnamon in powder. First dissolve 
the soap, potash, and saltpetre by boiling ; then add all 
the other articles and continue to stir till it cools ; then 
pour it into a box and let it stand 24 hours, then cut 
into cakes. 

39.— OX MARROW POMATUM. 

Take 2 oz. of yellow wax, 12 ozs. lard, and 8 ozs. 
beef marrow, melt all together, and when sufliciently 
cool, perfume it with the essential oil of almonds. 

This is an excellent article and sells well. 

40.— ^iVr EXCELLENT ARTICLE TO PREVENT 
THE HAIR FROM FALLING OFF. 
Take 1-2 pt. French brandy, a table spoonful fine 
salt, tea spoonful powdered allum. Let these be mix- 



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ed and well shaken until they are dissolved ; then j&l- 
ter, and it is ready for use. If used every day, it may 
be diluted with soft water. 

U.— TURKISH ROUGE. 
Take 1-2 lb. of best Brazil wood, fine, and of golden 
red color, infuse 4 days in 1 qt. best white wine vine- 
gar ; then boil them together for half an hour ; strain 
through a linen cloth, and place the liquid again over 
the fire ; having in the mean time dissolved 1-4 lb. al- 
um in I pt. of white wine vinegar, mix the two liquids 
and stir them well together. The scum which noAv 
arises should be carefully taken off, and gradually dried 
and powdered. 

4:2.— TOOTH POWDER.^ 
Take prepared chalk 2 ozs., gum myrrh in fine pow- 
der 1 drachm, Peruvian bark 1-2 oz., white sugar 1 
oz., rose pink 1 oz. ; mix well. This is one of the best 
tooth powders in use ; it cleans the teeth, hardens the 
gums and sweetens the breath, and can be made and 
sold for a moderate price. 

4t3.— EXTRACT OF VANILLA. 
This beautiful flavor is made by taking 1 quart pure 
French brandy, cutting up fine 1 oz. Vanilla beans, 
and 2 ozs. Tonqua, b'-uised. Add these to the brandy, 
and let it digest for two weeks, frequently shaking. — 
Then filter carefully, and it is ready for use. This 
article is in great demand for flavoring pies, cakes, 
puddings, &c., and sells readily at a good price both 
in families and at the grocers. 

U.— SHAVING SOAP. 
Take 2 lbs. of best white bar soap and 1-2 lb. of 
good common bar soap, cut them up fine, so that they 
will dissolve readily. Put the soap into a copper ket- 
tle, with 1 quart of soft water— let it stand over the 
fire, and when it is dissolved by boiling, add 1 pint al- 



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cohol, 1 gill beefs gall, 1-2 gill spirits turpentine — 
boil all these together for 5 minutes ; stir while boil- 
ing; while it is cooling flavor it with oil of sassafras 
to suit, and color with fine vermillion. 

This soap makes a rich lather, softens the face, and 
can be made cheap. 

4:5.— SHAVING CREAM. 

Take 1 lb. soft soap in a jar and add to it one quart 
high proof cologne spirits ; set the jar in a vessel of 
boiling water, or water bath, until the soap is dissolv- 
ed ; perfume with essential oil to suit. 

This is a good article for shaving, especially for 
those troubled with pimples on the face— it softens the 
skin and cures the humors. 2 or 3 drops rubbed upon 
the face with the end of the finger is enough for shav- 
ing. Dip the end of the brush in hot water and brush 
the face briskly and it will raise a rich lather. 

^6.— CROCKERY CEMENT, WHICH IS TRANS- 
PARENT. 
Take 1 lb. white shellac, pulverized, 2 ozs. clean 
gum mastic ; put these into a bottle, and then add 1-2 
lb. pure sulphuric ether. Let it stand half an hour, 
and then add half a gallon of 90 per cent, alcohol — 
shake occasionally till it is dissolved. Heat the edges 
of the article to be mended and apply the cement with 
a pencil brush ; hold the article firmly together till the 
cement cools. 

47.— POWDER FOR CLEANING AND POLISH- 
ING, TIN, BRITANNIA AND BRASS WARE. 

Take 1^2 lb. ground pumice stone and 1-4 lb. red 
chalk, mix Ihem evenly together. This is for tin, 
brass, &c. For silver and fine ware, take 1-2 lb. red 
chalk and 1-4 lb. of pumice stone — mix very evenly j 
use these articles dry with a piece of wash leather. — 
It is one of ihe best cleaning powders ever invented, 
and very valuable. 



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4.%.— FRECKLE LOTION: FOR THE CURE OF 

FRECKLES, TAN, OR SUN BURNT FACE AND 

HANDS. 

Take 1-2 lb. clear ox gall, 1-2 drachm each of cam- 
phor and burnt allum, 1 drachm borax, 1-2 oz. rock 
salt and rock candy. This should be mixed and shak- 
en well several times a day for 3 weeks, until the gall 
becomes transparent ; then strain it very carefully 
through filtering paper, and apply it to the skin during 
the day, wash it off at night. 

The article, if properly made, will not fail of its 
purpose. It sells very readily and commands a good 
price. 

id.— HAIR RESTORATIVE. 
Take 1 drachm of lac sulphur, 1 drachm of sugar 
lead, 4 ozs. rose water — mix, and shake the phial on 
using the mixture. Bathe the hair twice a day for a 
week. This preparation does not dye the hair but re- 
stores its original color, 

50.— CHEAP HAIR OIL. 
Take 1 gallon lard oil in a vessel— tie up 1 oz. alka- 
net in a straining cloth, and suspend it in the oil a few 
days until it comes to the right shade of color ; then 
flavor with 1 oz. essential oil to suit. 

51.— WA SHING AND BLEA CHING LIQ UID. 

Take 1-4 lb. unslacked lime, and pour upon it 6 qts. 
boiling water ; stir it all up, and when it has stood 
long enough to entirely settle, strain off the clean wa- 
ter and dissolve in this water, by boiling 21b. sal soda. 

For washing — to every pail full of water add for 
boiling, 1-2 pint of the liquid. The clothes must be 
put in soak the night before washing, taking care to 
rub all the dirt spots with soap; then boil them with 
liquid 35 minutes. They are then to be drawn and 
put into a tub, and clear boiling water poured over 
them; then rub them out and rinse them well and. 
they are fit for drying. 



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52.— BEAUTIFUL AND CHEAP SOAP. . 

Take 1 lb. common bar soap, cut fine, and 1 lb. of 
sal soda, to a pail full of water, boil a little, and you 
have good soap ; with it you can wash with half the 
labor. 

If you wish thicker soap, take 2 lb. soap and 2 lbs. 
sal soda, to a pail full of water. 

5Z.— BURNING FLUID. 
Take 4 qts. alcohol and 1 qt. spirits turpentine, mix 
well together, and it is ready for use. 

54:.— LIQUID CEMENT. 
Cut gum shellac in 70 per cent, alcohol, put it in 
phials and it is ready for use. Apply it to the edge of 
the broken dish with a feather, and hold it in a spirit 
lamp as long as the cement will simmer, then join 
together evenly, and when cold the dish will break in 
another place first, and is as strong as new. 

55.— BED BUG POISON. 
Take 1 pint alcohol, 2 oz. sal amoniae, 1 pint spirits 
turpentine, 2 oz. corrosive sublimate, and 2 ozs. gum 
camphor; dissolve the camphor in the alcohol, then 
pulverize the corrosive sublimate and sal ammoniae, 
and add to it, after which put in the spirits of turpen- 
tine and shake well together. This sells readily at 20 
cts. per oz. phial. 

56.— BEAUTIFUL AND CHEAP ROUGE WASH. 

Take 1 oz. alkanet and infuse it in 1 pint cologne 
spirits until it comes to the right shade of color. This 
may be applied to the cheeks by a linen cloth wet in 
the mixture; it will easily wash off, but is neverthe- 
less very cheap and beautiful and cannot be detected 
on the iace. 



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The proprietor of these valuable Receipts 
takes this opportunity to give notice that he has 
a Receipt for manufacturing a Salve, far supe- 
rior to the far-famed Russia Salve, for burns, 
sores, &c., which Salve is used by the best Sur- 
geons in Europe, and is now being manufac- 
tured in this country, and it is pronounced 
superior to any thing before used. He has also 
a Receipt for manufacturing the highly recom- 
mended Vegetable Bilious Pills, and a Receipt 
for that beautiful Eye Water, by which Dr. 
Thompson and others have benefitted mankind 
and grown rich themselves. Either of the above 
Receipts I will send by mail on the receipt of 
$10. I put them thus low becau&e I wish to 
benefit mankind. 

Address, post paid, 

J. WESTON, 

Lowell J Mass, 



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